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. welcome to al jazeera america. i am richelle carey. wide-spread destruction in the philippines. negotiations over iran's nuclear program hit the red line. the terrible price of domestic violence in the united states. a desperate desperate cinch for survivors in the philippines. a desperate search for
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survivors in the philippines after the country was hit by typhoon haiyan described as one of the most powerful typhoon evers. thousands have been killed. the death toll expected to rise. the storm-flooded streets, leveled houses across the country. morg morga has more >> reporter: survivors walked through what's left of their town, still in shock over how quickly their lives were turned upside down. they have reminders of what they lost everywhere. thousands of people are still missing across the central philippin philippines, and many areas are unreachable. >> those that have been confirmed killed. so that is a concern. those are injured. the extent of the devastation is making rescue and relief operations difficult.
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airports in the central philippines have been damaged. many of the roads are impassable emergency personnel are having to walk for hours to reach survivo survivors. the storm hit on friday. many victims, there has been no access to basic necessities. survivors are finding shelter where they can and looting has become a problem. displaced residents struggle to find food and clean water. >> what's us imports is clothes and water. we have we have no problem with food because we are stored with lots of food that's been given away. >> other nations have promised help and food and supplies are beginning to arrive. coordinating is proving a challenge in itself. for millions affected, getting through the day is challenge enough. >> i can't think. i don't know what to do. right now, all we can do is survive the day, but i don't know what will happen tomorrow or the day after that or if we
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can continue surviving. i really do not know. >> but there will be little time to catch a breath. the true scale of haiyan's damage is being assessed. now, there are reports of more heavy rain on the way. now we have two reports out of the city of tusselbon. we begin with jam i will e i can't malagadogan. she shares her story of survival. >> it was a vicious force that paralyzed the entire providence. typhoon haiyan swept through friday morning. it destroyed everything in its path, power lines, roads, villages ail wiped out in an instance. the typhoon arrived three hours earlier than expected. thousands of people were trapped when water rose as high as 5 meters. we were one of them, right at the eye of haiyan's wrath.
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>> we are trying to make our way out of this place. this is a little over three hours has brought into this town this place has become a ghost town. just a few hours ago, we were, ourselves, caught up in the middle of what is the most powerful typhoon this year. it was hard because at some point, we were preparing for it and the water started going up. we were by the ceiling clinging for our lives t it's a miracle we survived. what we need to do now is to make our way out of here because there is nothing left, only distrucks and death. >> it was the world was most powerful typhoon on record. the damage for small problems is unprecedented. the governor says he fears at least 20,000,000 people are dead.
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those who survived face far more difficult days ahead. the entire province is isolated. thousands have been left homeless unsure exactly where to go, searching for shelter in a fob structures. listen everyone has a family member who has died. the reality, too hard for many to grasp. >> we almost drowned. it's so difficult. we have nothing left. no place to sleep, not even dry clothes to wear. >> we were in the gymnizium, which is supposed to be our evacuation center, but it just suddenly collapsed. everyone started to run everywhere to save their own lives. >> this is one of the few establishments still operating after the typhoon doctors here are working under strained conditions operating on the injured without electricity and
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clean water. short supply of medicine is running out. most of the areas remain unreachable. the dead, the wounded, and those who survived cut out from the rest of the world, and as night falls, people here become even more desperate. the devastation is staggering t the true extent of the damage remains unknown. the you cities of tacloban is in disarray right now. we are standing at the airport which is being used as a makeshift command center even though the airport has been completely devastated by the storm and the people lining up here, you can see, many of them trying to seek medical equipment from the military who are assembled here people trying to leave this area. the air force has been using the tarmac intact bringing in supplies to the people here in the form of food, water, medical
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supplies and shelter, but, also, they have been busy taking people out of here. so many people trying to leave because the town, as i say, has been largely destroyed. most buildings have been affected. damaged if not completely destroyed, as you can see here and the big problem for people is that they aren't getting enough food, water, and obviously they do not have adequate shelter. security is a concern. >> that's a role that the military must play as well as still searching for the people who are missing. they have to try to secure the areas because looting has become a problem. not only are people looking for food, water, things like that from destroyed shops and houses but they are also taking other things as well. reports coming out of people looting things like television sets. an important role for the military to play. the residents have been critical of the government, critical of the military for not being quick
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enough to get to this city to deliver the things that they need the most. >> and earlier today, i spoke with correspondent craig leeson about the growing crisis in the philippines. >> that's right. we need to remember that's san estimate for 1 prove incident. there are 44 that have been hit. we can only imagine the scale that exists across the center of this country, and as the days and weeks go on, burying the dead will be a prior to because of disease and the fear of contamination to the water, groundwater sources there. what has happened in the past in this country is that the dead are brought to government centers where they are laid out on the ground for viewing by the public. the public is encouraged to come to these centers and walk amongst the dead, identify family members and friends before those that remain have been placed into a mass burial.
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now, that is likely to happen this time, but it won't be for several days many bodies are lying on the streets and where they have been found, aide workers have been placing plastic over them to try to contain the disease. >> the timing of this is not that there is ever a good time for something this horrible to happen, but it comes just after there was this terrible earthquake last month. how is this making rescue efforts, recovery efforts that much more difficult? >> well, that's correct. almost a month ago to the day, there was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in berhol. and that levelled many towns to absolute rubble. people were living in tents and makeshift shelters when this typhoon crossed right over the top of them and caused yet another scene of devastation. there were still people that required food aid and water and
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shelter from that earthquake when the typhoon struck and so the problem has been exacerbated beyond belief on that particular island. and that's something that aid workers are trying to address as they still get into some of the very remote areas as we spoke about earlier. we are only estimating at the potential of the catastrophe at this point. as aid workers and responders go into these remote places, get further along the coastline to places they haven't been able to get in to yet, they are clearing the roads. landslides have stopped their ability to get access. telephone poles are on the road. trees are all over the place. as they moved in to these places, they are finding further devastation. >> craig, could you speak to the international response that what it had beennd what it will need to be in the coming days?
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>> clearly, the philippines is struggling. the president in, in the word affected areas showed some sign of frustration at how slow the response was to get to people and to survivors. they need more people on the ground. there have been air lifts with food drops. they need more and they need to get into these remote areas that we speak of. the u.s. has offered the pacific command to assist with these air lifts to help with search and rescue efforts. we have had pledges of donations coming from canada, the uk, australia. the u.n. has a $2 million food program going trying to reach out to 120,000 people there so these efforts are oftened appreciated because we see law and order go through the wayside as people start to fight for that and there have been tales
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much looking in some of the townships and president akino says that needs to stop. he is sending in troops to true to regain some sense of order in these places. >> craig leeson. in mid unanimous, hundreds of thousands of people had moved to save zones as the country praises for typhoon haiyan. the storm is expected to mainland fall there monday morning. heavy rain in the region has triggered floods, killing six people. let's check in well ebon tive. more people in the path of this horrible storm. >> the good news is it has been persistently weakening. further weakening is expected. it's continuing to make its way toward northern vietnam. landfall expected early on monday but already, you can see some of the winds and rain picking up over this area as it makes landfall, it's only expected to be a trom cal storm
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at that area. we have only seen around two, two and a half inches of rain. but this southern island of china around hinan, we have seen six inches of rain. you can see shower and thunderstorm activity still over that area as it continues to move to the north and northwest. arrange 20 miles per hour. it is going to make more of a curve to the north over the next 12 hours or so. >> that's going to take it right into northern vietnam. once it does make its way in, it's going to dissipate quickly. that land interaction not allowing it to maintain its strength. we will see a lot of rain and more wind with the system in northern areas of vietnam. richelle? >> keep us posted. international talks over iran's nushling power hit a stumbling block. what happened? and what happens next?clear pow stumbling block. what happened? and what happens next?
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>> despite hopes for a break threw, there is still no deal on nuclear talks with iran after three days of meetings in geneva, officials failed to come up with an agreement to freeze iran's nuclear program. secretary of state john kerry said the deal 2 take time and the major world powers remain united. >> this is the first time that the p5 had come together with this kind of a serious set of possible options in front of it with a new rannian government. remember that the -- that this
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has changed since the election. this is a new oberture and it has to be put. >> i think there was unity there dav david. we always said, president obama has been crystal clear. don't rush. we are not in a rush. we need to get the right deal. no deal is better than a bad deal. >>? an address to parliament, hassan rue h ruhani. >> the rights of the iranian nation are our red line. national interests are our red line. among those rights are nuclear rights within the framework of international law including the right to enrich uranian. >> more now on the geneva talks. >> foreign ministers from seven countries and the european union
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were here. most of them having cleared their schedules at the last minute because they thought a historic agreement was close after talks, it dragged on beyond midnight. there was no deal. >> we are on the same wa wavelength. >> that's important. that gives us the impetus to go forward when we meet next time. actually, i had we had a very good three days. it's something we can build on and move forward. >> an emphasis on the positive, but behind the scenes, an owns and some blame being directed at one country. it was not iran. the international community was represented at these talks by what's known as the p5 plus one. the permanent members of the u.n. security council as well as jeremy but the p5 plus 1 became the 5 against one, that one,
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france, whose foreign minister unexpectedly raised objections to the proposed deal. the deal which its believed was probably prepared to sign. >> the french ruin your deal? not at auld, he told me. a point he elaborated on his news conference. >> we worked closely with the french. we agreed with the french that there were certain issues that we needed to work through we came here with bracketed language. that's the nature of a negotiation. the president has repeatedly said, we will not rush to an agreement. the president has made it clear that no deal is better than a bad deal. i think it's good we are doing take the time we are taking to make certain that we are dotting the is and crossing the ts and doing what is necessary to have a agreement that we are assured wicks look our allies and friends in the face and say, this gets the job done. >> that's the purpose of it. >> the professional date for the
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next round of talks is already been set for november 20th, but there are those in israel, in the middle east, particularly in the gulf, and in the u.s. congress that want to kill off any deal before it is done. >> there is certainly frustration but there is no doubt process is being made here after a decade of wrangling g getting this far is an achievement. james bays, al jazeera, geneva. al jazeera saria linny has more on the reaction from iran. >> in the iranian capitol, there is frustration and disappointment that there was no deal achieved in geneva regarding iran's nuclear program. iranians have been waiting a decade to resolve this issue. there hasn't been any kind of movement or agreement in a decade. certainly not under the previous government and at the moment, not under the current one either. it seems like iranians are going to have to wait to see what happens, if there is going to be a deal reached, if it will include sanctions relief and to
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what extent, of course, the sanctions have been for iran's economy. the president of iran did speak speak being iran's red line, enrichment being the red line. he said iran would not give in to any kind of bullying from anybody else and would be protecting iran's national rights and interests under the treating and international law, that the peaceful nuclear program. so the line from the iranians is that. they are keeping ground. there is disappointment here these talks haven't bore any kind of fruit but there is optimism these next talks taking place just in over a week's time. so iranians are going to have to wait and see what comes out of the next round, if there. be more disappointment. >> a book written by malali
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youssef sy. she says she is a tour of the west and does not pay enough respect to islam. she attracted world attention last year when she stuood up fo girl's access. she was shot in the head for criticizing. there is no question about the emotional as and physical to domestic violence has on victims but another cost is less obvious. a report from nashville. it's a billion dollar problem. >> cathy walsh is a survivor of domestic abuse and director of the tennessee col al list to end crimes against women. she says they are not a private matter. >> it i am packets every level of our community from law enforcement to courts to social services. >> is it council examined the costs connected to violence against women including human trafficking and section sexual assault. they found the cost to the state just last year alone was st
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staggering. >> when you deal with the areas that we researched, whether it's in healthcare, the judicial system, law enforcement, we came up with nearly a bill yong dollars, $886 million. >> that's what we could count. >> the latest fbi crime data shows tennessee has the highest per capita violent crime rate of anywhere in the u.s. researchers weork closely with state officials trying to understand all of the backers involved. >> reported domestic violence incidents make over half of the crimes against persons record in our state. so it's really kind of a driving force behind our violent crime problem. >> broken down, tennessee spent more than $438 million for medical and mental health services. more than 200 million in lost wages and workplace productivity. another 200 million from social service providers and 27 million on law enforcement. the cost for children's services was too high to accurately
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calculate according to the council's executive director because of the special needs of young survivors. >> children who view their mother being beaten and the kinds of services they need once they become wards of the state and the cost of those services are $900 tests every week because the child is so traumatized. and we have to pay for that. >> the council offered several key recommendations including better documenting domestic violence related injuries. and more money to help survivors become independent. they also want more programs that focus on prevention. >> if we want to end violence against women, we must have more resources available for victims at the local level. we must work on prevention of violence, including working with men involving men in the movement to change the culture of violence against women. we must also continue to hold perpetrators accountable. >> state leaders hope
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understanding real world costs for tennessee will help achieve the most important goal: breaking the cycle of vie lunches. jonathan martin, al jazeera, nashville. >> still ahead, what goes up must come down. that applies to a satellite knowing where it's come down, that's kind of important.
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and to contact the centers and
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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories. in the wake of typhoon haiyan, rescue efforts are hampered by the scale of disstruction. it's believed up to 10,000 people may have been killed. international talks have hit a ro roadblock. the iranian president says his country is not ready to give up its right to enriched uranium. bas base a former russian satellite will come crashing down to
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earth. as gerald tan reports, no need to fear, getting hit by space debris. march, 2009, the goc errors into or bit from northern russia. shire sleek design, its mission was to map variations in earth's gravity. now, it's mission is complete but it's experiment with gravity isn't over yet. the face craft has run as a fuel and been pulled back to earth. >> the explorer weighs more than a ton. it began falling as the height of 2204 kilometers. once it reaches an altitude of 80 kilometers, it will break apart. roughly four-fifth of its mass will burn in the atmosphere. but the rest of the debris is set to come crashing down. some weighing up to 90
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kilograms. >> we are in contact with the national civil protections agencies. they get all of the information we have on the prediction. that includes information on emergencies case part of the satellite fall on inhabited area. >> it's uncertain where the falling pieces will make impact. don't worry too much, the european space agency says humans are about 250,000 times more likely to strike it lucky at the lot rethan to get struck by a piece of the satellite. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> the end of our weekend is turning out to be a nice one especially across the southern half of the country where we will enjoy most of clear skies in texas to the lower mississippi value.
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once we get a little further east, we could see a shower or two popping up acrossga and florida. across the northern tier some wintry weather moving across northern areas of maine along the lakes, expecting light rain showers as we go through the day. but could see a little bit of that mixing in with snow. but the winter advisories, that's where we see anywhere from two to 5 inches of snow. some accumulating snow is expected but only in northern areas of maine. right now, temperatures contrast in our numbers. we are at 44 montreal, 46 in albany, new york city, 58 and we are in the mid 60s at this hours in d.c. nice conditions. in fact, as we go through the day today we will top out at 70 degrees but we have colder air on the way over the next few days. rirnl? >> eboni, thank you. thank you for watching al jazeera. i am richelle kerry. listening post is next, for news throughout the day, go to our website, that is aljazeera.com. thank you so much for your time, and do keep it here throughout the day.
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